Roger Bateman

Transforming Pedagogy Using Mobile Web 2.0

Blogs, wikis, podcasting, and a host of free, easy to use Web 2.0 social software provide opportunities for creating social constructivist learning environments focusing on student-centred learning and end-user content creation and sharing. Building on this foundation, mobile Web 2.0 has emerged as a viable teaching and learning tool, facilitating engaging learning environments that bridge multiple contexts. Today’s dual 3G and wifi-enabled smartphones provide a ubiquitous connection to mobile Web 2.0 social software and the ability to view, create, edit, upload, and share user generated Web 2.0 content. This article outlines how a Product Design course has moved from a traditional face-to-face, studio-based learning environment to one using mobile Web 2.0 technologies to enhance and engage students in a social constructivist learning paradigm.

A mobile Web 2.0 framework: reconceptualising teaching and learning

This chapter presents a mobile web 2.0 framework for pedagogical change based upon the implementation of over thirty mlearning projects between 2006 and 2011. In particular examples of implementation of the framework are drawn from the context of Product Design tertiary education. The chapter is founded upon contemporary social learning theory and illustrates the potential of mobile web 2.0 tools to bridge pedagogically designed learning contexts between formal and informal learning and across international boundaries.